Elon Musk Pressured GOP Lawmakers To Remove Child Cancer Treatment Programs From Spending Bill, Advocates Say It ... [View all]

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"After Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed a must-pass spending bill last December, lawmakers were pressured to remove two cancer-treatment measures from it.
Even though the funding deal was first agreed upon by Congressional leadership, it came under attack after Musk condemned the bill on social media. His criticism put pressure on lawmakers, specifically Republicans, and eventually, the Gabriella Miller program and the Give Kids A Chance Act were stripped from the bill.
The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 was designed to increase funding for childhood cancer and rare disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It was named after Gabriella Miller, a ten-year-old advocate who died due to brain cancer in 2013
This legislation had strong bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress. Because of Musk’s pressure, provisions that would have allocated $190 million toward life-saving pediatric cancer plans were removed from the final spending package."